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    Implementation of Free Water Protocol at a Long Term Acute Care Facility

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    Implementation of Free Water Protocol at a Long Term Acute Care Facility

    This study was conducted to determine if patients who have dysphagia, resulting in a thickened liquid diet or NPO status, can safely tolerate thin liquid water at the inpatient level of care and if so, to what degree of benefit. This study incorporated a modified Frazier Free Water Protocol. The goal of the study was to determine if patients with dysphagia can have thin liquid water without any adverse reactions to improve overall quality of life and swallow function.
     
    Presentation 1: Implementation of a free water protocol at a long term acute care hospital. Stefanie Gaidos, Henry C Hrdlicka, John Corbett. Published March 2023 in Journal of Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29448-5. PMID: 36823156.

    Project Type: Research

    Year started: 2020

    Diagnosis: FWP